On January 20, Michael Frei (SMA Consulting), will give a guest lecture on the experiences and key findings from the Munich Rail Extension study. In his lecture he will discuss the methodology, planning, and key takeaway messages from a large-scale project on service concept definition for an entire… [read more]

In a joint work with Hao Li, Liujiang Kang and further colleagues from Beijing Jiaotong University we analyze and optimize short-turning strategies to maximize timetable connectivity in the early morning startup period of subway services. A hierarchical optimization framework building on a… [read more]

In our latest paper jointly written with Jakob Geischberger (DLR Institut für Verkehrssystemtechnik) and Jürgen Pannek (TU Braunschweig, Institute for Intermodal Transport and Logistics Systems) we discuss how SUMO can be used to bridge the gap between detailled rail traffic simulation and… [read more]

At the mobilTUM conference, jointly organized by TUMAsia and NTU, Prof. Weik presented a contribution on the interactions between railway operations and signalling technology with skip-stop strategies on urban rail transit lines. The talk gave an overview about the pros and cons of skip-stop… [read more]

At EWGT in Edinburgh, Prof. Weik presented our contribution on "Infrastructure design for robust operations on railway corridors – Quantifying the combined effects of overtaking tracks and dispatching strategies". The paper assesses the interaction between dispatching strategies and line design and… [read more]